tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post1681045466171265030..comments2023-11-09T14:15:40.111+02:00Comments on Fatima and Ahmed's Son: Paying My Employer To Do My JobRidwanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-85064114769327282632009-10-07T16:39:36.835+02:002009-10-07T16:39:36.835+02:00*Aasia thanks for the follow-up comment. The stud...*Aasia thanks for the follow-up comment. The students need all the help they can get.<br /><br />**Eugene you are absolutely spot on. This kind of nonsense is routine.<br /><br />There is so much paperwork to be filled out for purposes of assessing this and that ... and in it all the substance is missing.<br /><br />South Africa is one of the most bureaucratized states I have ever encountered and yet just about sh*t ever gets done.<br /><br />I will leave that for another day.<br /><br />***Dade you are not too far off. The former director absconded the day I got my keys to my office.<br /><br />Some rumors say he made off with more than a million bucks.<br /><br />It has been a fiasco yet there is hardly a sign that he is being prosecuted. <br /><br />Some say Interpol is on the case.<br /><br />I used to think that all the talk about corruption and inefficiency in South Africa was just some old country finger pointing.<br /><br />Not so.<br /><br />The greatest challenge is bridging the gap between the rich and poor and corruption and inefficiency stand squarely in the way.<br /><br />It is an absolute fact that South Africa is the most unequal society in the world. Even more than Brazil!<br /><br />AnyHowze, thanks for your comments Aasia, Eugene, and Dade.<br /><br />Onward!<br />ridwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-61175769363746800162009-10-07T04:08:51.860+02:002009-10-07T04:08:51.860+02:00Ridwan, brother, this is an absolutely crazy situa...Ridwan, brother, this is an absolutely crazy situation. Judging from what you have written here, it sounds to me as if you're working for a corrupt institution. <br /><br />I wonder if anyone has examined the books of your university? If they're charging faculty to use the internet, maybe they have to do it in order to... uh... Well, it just smells ratty.<br /><br />Keep me posted. It sounds incredible.Dade Cariagahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431049944346345893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-33332995281296738152009-10-07T02:38:54.366+02:002009-10-07T02:38:54.366+02:00[head bowed and shaking at the stupidity]. That wo...[head bowed and shaking at the stupidity]. That would be like me paying for the diesel to deliver the produce that I do for a living.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14422661489753353784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-65982305961160690672009-10-06T10:31:22.496+02:002009-10-06T10:31:22.496+02:00Yes the word student, shows a commitment to not ju...Yes the word student, shows a commitment to not just learn, but research an study. <br /><br />We have some wonderful materials available which could be invaluable to students, if only we taught them how to seek it. But then will a self imposed 30mb, we can't expect them to sit and google!Aasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604021473009587190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-28418550534219677762009-10-06T09:52:53.575+02:002009-10-06T09:52:53.575+02:00Aasia it is an absolute pleasure to read you.
Tha...Aasia it is an absolute pleasure to read you.<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. And thank you for confirming that I am not just shouting 'mad' in a vacuum.<br /><br />When I read your line on learners I thought "at last someone else sees the idiocy".<br /><br />I have wondered when and where the term imposed itself. I expect that the answer may be somewhere in the quagmire of OBE.<br /><br />Dunno for sure.<br /><br />Perhaps if we start calling them students again they would actually learn something :)<br /><br />The word student conveys so much more than learner. Students do more than just learn at school.<br /><br />I know I am going on but there needs to be a serious rethink in terms of pedagogy at all levels of education.<br /><br />That said :) ... thanks again for your valuable presence and for linking my site.<br /><br />I will return the favor and link you here too.<br /><br />Peace,<br />ridwanRidwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758153484699728802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36009958.post-45759242948921627552009-10-06T07:13:45.506+02:002009-10-06T07:13:45.506+02:00asidefrom the 30mb's which is very funny, sinc...asidefrom the 30mb's which is very funny, since majority of Sa companies still impose that silly sod rule. <br /><br />Working on the other end in education (read publishing) we can't get people to move away from archaic methods. Neither the students (I abhor the word learners) nor the faculty should be charged to have access to information. <br /><br />Unlike Raphael's Plato I have my middle finger raised in absolute defiance.<br /><br />Im goign to make a poster out of that last line!<br /><br />Thanks for an enjoyable read and will be linking you.Aasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604021473009587190noreply@blogger.com